It's Our Party and We'll Snack If We Want To
Join us on Friday, Mar 7, 22:00-3:00 for all kinds of madness and mayhem...
We are teaming up with the queer immersive experience creators NIGHTCRAWLERS for a little off-season treat, and you are invited.
We will be hosting “MIDNIGHT SNACK”, an eerie immersive, interactive environment / afterparty, not to mention the venue for some of our strangest, boldest, and most visually exciting shorts.
WHAT? Have a drink in the bar, littered with the remnants of a strange birthday party, then head downstairs and step into a sleepover with some creepy-crawlies who can’t wait to make new friends.
WHEN? 7 March 2025, 22:00-01:00
WHERE? Cocoon Bar, Berlin-Wedding
HOW? Priority free entry for festival ticketholders
Tickets will be available on our website.
Lineup:
Incantation of Matter (6:00)
Written and directed by Zoe Angeli, USA, 2024 | European Premiere
Plastic creates illusions, ghost-like forms, moments of asphyxiation, and penetration in bliss. This short is edited to emulate the grainy black-and-white grit as an homage to Merhige's Begotten.
Cherry Teeth (14:20)
Directed by Izzy Aghahowa, UK, 2024
Follows three interconnected characters and a snippet of their lives in a crime-ridden city where cannibalism is a part of day to day life, showcases the turbulent political state of the city as well as the group of violent anarchists trying to change the city through extreme means.
I Am Always Hungry (3:33)
Directed by Sophie Ansell, UK, 2024 | German Premiere
I Am Always Hungry presents stories of vampiric energy exchanges on disappointing dates. Serving up connections between food and intimacy, shame and desire- it examines the monstrous feminine through the lens of appetite.
Epidermal Harvest (7:12)
Directed by Zoe Whiteman, USA, 2024
Behind the curtain hidden in the dark, a forest grows slowly, only through warm flesh sucked into bark. A hurt stranger finds themselves there, consumed with nothing left to spare. This is a tale told only through showing, no words can describe the invisible hand keeping the show going.
Return of the Näcken (21:31)
Directed by Cassandra Sechler, US, 2024 | Available online
The Return of the Näcken is a dark fairytale about a cursed demon of the forest and their quest for human souls focusing on the existential anguish of being an enchanted creature doomed to a life filled with pain, regret, and loss.